Was "they" a DR. or a lactation consultant. Because I kept asking her if it could be me, that my milk just wasn't enough and she said it wasn't that.
That he is just a slow gainer and bigger babies lose more than normal sized babies. Kaleb lost a lot more at first than the other did. I think my problems with him were due to poor drinking and a bad diet.
MommyP, my DD was 8lbs 15 oz at birth, and she nursed every two hours for about 20 minutes each side, but was STILL a slow gainer. My pediatrician said the same thing about bigger babies losing more. He had us going in for weight checks once a week for the first month and then once every 2 weeks for the second month. After all that, he concluded that she was just going to be a slow gainer. Uh, yeah...thanks. I think I could've come up with that diagnosis! BTW, 6 1/2 years later she eats like a longshoreman and is tall and skinny as a rail. Let's hope Isaac has the same good fortune!
PJ!!!!
In a fit of karma, my mom sent a pACKage today. With crib sheets, birthday gifts (only a few more shopping days till Lynette is 29!!!), and little pACKs of cookies. No juice boxes. Drats. I guess I have to fix dinner tonight afterall.
Twinkie, you are my new BFF!!!!!!!
Regarding the Great Handy-Snacks Debate of '08: my kids prefer water to all other drinks, but have been known to indulge in juice boxes, chocolate milk and other evil beverages at times. Sometimes, DD even tries to swipe a sip of my iced latte! (Great! Just what Sally Spaz-Attack needs is caffeine!!!
) Also, we eat tons of fruit in our house, but Pop-Tarts are hardly verboten! I have even been known to let my kids have Happy Meals on occasion! (Wait...a knock at the door....is that Child Protective Services coming to cart my kids away?????)
Like Elisabeth, I get a perverse sense of giddiness when I get my brother's 3 boys all hopped up on grape juice and chocolate chip cookies and send 'em back to bounce off the walls of their own home! Ha! I also quite enjoy buying the boys LOUD Christmas and b-day gifts. Things like an electronic keyboard-with-microphone for my 2 y.o. nephew,and drums for the 5 y.o. go over SOOOO well with my bro and SIL!
And those 3 boys love the presents Auntie Lynette buys!
It has actually become somewhat of a contest between my bro and me to see who can buy the other's kids the most obnoxiously loud gifts. We are a deranged family, but we have fun.
I thought of Hollywood this morning when I saw a sneak preview on Little Mermaid on Broadway on the abc morning program
(that's the best I could do in the smilie department).
I'll let Hollywood know an imaginary friend of mine thought of her. 
That would be fab, PJ. Say bye to the castle and Mickey for us too.
If not how did you get a text if you were still sleeping. I think you beat Ben up. Or didn't you go to bed because you had so much to pack.
